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Its interesting that the Council are in favour of building on green belt and seemed disappointed that its held up even though the general consensus in Ware (I believe) is that the 1500 houses are not wanted or are there factions who are in favour of the build?Surely attaching a large number of properties to Ware will change it out of recognition.

Who in their right mind thinks that the motor car driver is going to leave their expensive vehicle at home and hop on their bike? If I recall correctly didn't "Two Jags" want to get everyone out of their car and onto public transport and that failed miserably because the infrastructure was not, is not there. We are fortunate here to have quite a network of cycleways but it is still the motor car that dominates.

Steve stated that the council needs plan for 745 houses per year till 2033 I'm quite stunned by that so never mind the 1500 houses that over 10,000 so besides who is financing the build who is going to buy them assuming all councils have the same planning structure.

I struggle to comprehend what Ware would be like with an increase in population of that scale.

AndyB, I'm not sure you realise the big figures are not just Ware. It's 839 houses per year from 2011-2033 which is 18,913 for the whole of East Herts, not 18000 just in Ware. The Ware figures are 100 by 2022, 800 in 2022-2027 and 100 2027-2033. With an option of an extra 500 if they build the Hertford Bypass.

And that points up the wider problem. 1000 in Ware, 1000 in Hertford, 1500 in E. Welwyn, 3000 in Gilston and the A414 grinds to a halt. If you bring in all the neighbouring councils, it's around 50,000 new homes within 20 miles of Hertford. Harlow has plans for expansion, East, South, West as well as Gilston in the North. The other three are in other councils so part of other District Plans. But they all have to share the Hospital and the Train Station. And anybody that wants to drive eastwards towards Stevenage, Welwyn and Hatfield will travel on the same A414. Broxbourne council is doing the same thing in Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and so on, which directly affects us because of the effect on the A10 and the same surrounding roads, the same train service, the same NHS hospitals, the same sewage works and so on.

Thanks JB for putting it all into perspective, there has on the odd occasion a thought come to mind have we done the right thing in moving to NZ and the picture you paint make is quite compelling that it was the correct move. While I was working a guy came in a little late and was moaning about getting stuck in a traffic jam which made me laugh and he did not appreciate that till I explained just what a traffic jam was and what he had was a hold up nothing more. This is not nirvana and we have problems here but compared to the UK they nothing too much to worry about. It sounds as though your traffic problems may escalate!Have you thought about "Music and Many Motors"?

Neighbourhood Plan for inside the current town boundary. Alex Curtis as chairman of the forum is due to call a kick off meeting to restart the NP forum. Curtis, Pope, Reed are representing the town council. I'm attending the first meeting at least, on behalf of the Save Ware group. There may be others.

For the Ware N&E development outside the town boundary, it's the EHDC Masterplan. Linda Haysey was due to give a private briefing on the Masterplan process to various resident reps but that was postponed due to the SoS hold on the District Plan. Presumably that will go ahead again in the next month or so. In theory, she should be doing the same for the relevant Town and Parish councils.

In a way, this is where the real work starts. We need to keep a careful eye on planning applications especially prior to an agreed masterplan.